I see I haven't written a news piece since May because I got into the blogging mode. I will go there afterward. The collection in Pastiche is selling well and I am hoping to get some good reviews of it. The Midwest Review, for one, will be forthcoming. If they have been kind, especially as the collection includes several award-winning pieces, I will tell you about it. What shall I title the next collection? There are enough stories left over for at least two more. The store, Barnes & Noble on Jack London Square, Oaklnd, that hosts the California Writers Club monthly meetings, may have me speak on pastiche next spring. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
The Apple Tree Blossoms in The Fall, is the life journey of Carineh - a child, a teenager, a wife, a mother, but most of all a woman of purpose. From stories of her parents held-up by bandits; the white donkey gifted by Khomeini; her father's death f
I Made My Boy Out of Poetry is a powerful literary vision of rare scope, beauty and emotional intensity composed of stories and poems that flow in and out of each other like the most lucid and articulate of dreams. These are portraits and studies of
In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that’s simultaneously hilarious and tragic.